Physical Sciences

Heard on Campus: SETI Symposium media panel
Image
Media panel at Penn State SETI Symposium

Experts in the media panel at the Penn State SETI Symposim discussed rebranding SETI from the search for intelligence to technosignatures.

Dark matter detector completes startup operations
Image
LZ detector inside clean room while man wearing clean suit walks by

The LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) experiment has completed its initial run and is now the most sensitive dark matter detector to date.

Graduate students awarded 2022 NASA Space Grant Fellowships
Image
Space grant logo over nebula background.

Five grad students from the Eberly College of Science have been selected to recieve NASA Space Grants.

Could we eavesdrop on interstellar communications that pass through our solar system?
Image
illustration of communications passing through Einstein ring and aligning

A team of Penn State graduate students is looking for interstellar communication signals that might be taking advantage of the Sun.

Chemistry Alumni Interview Series: Wei Wang
Image
wei wang
Super-resolution imaging helps identify new proteins associated with neuronal MPS structures
Image
super-resolution fluorescence
Hubble Finds Isolated Black Hole Roaming Our Milky Way Galaxy
Image
Illustration of lone black hole

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has provided, for the first time, strong evidence for a lone black hole drifting through interstellar space.

New director of Penn State planetary science consortium
Image
Christopher House

Christopher House will serve as the new director of the Penn State Consortium for Planetary and Exoplanetary Sciences and Technology.

Alumni Spotlight: Windsor Morgan
Image
Windsor “Tony” Morgan instructs students in an undergraduate physics lab at Dickinson College. Photo provided courtesy of Dickinson College.

Professor and Eberly alumnus Windsor Morgan champions education, outreach, and DEI at Dickinson College

From Scranton to University Park, Chemistry Major Making His Mark on RNA Research
Image
Herne in mask and gloves pipettes liquid at lab bench

Penn State chemistry major Matthew Herne conducts research on RNA.

Subscribe to Physical Sciences